September 24th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
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Two out of three ain’t bad…

You’re completely off of your rocker. You use the word experience, but I don’t think you mean to use it. On its own, it doesn’t mean much politically. Yeah you can experience something, but are you capable of using that experience for the better. George W. Bush had executive experience, but that doesn’t really mean F-all now does it? You’d actually be willing to look back at Bush’s executive experience and say that having ‘experience’ alone is what has worth, and not the USE of the experience. A capable politician uses experiences for the betterment of the country.

And what does McCain’s experience in the long run prove? Again, he is a person who has experience, but that in and of itself is MEANINGLESS. A person must be able to harness experience, and learn from experience and UTILIZE it! It’s not enough just to HAVE experience.

And after this sham of McCain wanting to call off the debates, instead of focusing the debates on the economy–it’s just ridiculous, it’s all a circus game for him. He is playing to the base emotions of fear. He campaigns not on his ability, he attempts to lift himself up by trying to put people down (and with lies at that!). Unthinking Americans will buy this hook, line and sinker. I think it’s the greatest tragedy that he targets their stupidity, and they have no idea that they are being played.

convincing argument against Biden’s capability to fill the role of Vice-president?

ralph. I think you’re cool, but come on. He voted against the first Gulf War. He voted for the War in Iraq. And he voted against the ’surge’.

Those are significant positions on which to gauge someones judgement. Of what kinds of decisions they might make in the future.

I assume that you consider McCain’s support for the War in Iraq and his support for the ’surge’ as significant determinants of his judgement. I would not accuse you of cherry picking if you did.

But, we can agree to disagree.

I’ve got to split, good nite.

She’s perfectly qualified to comment on someone who is

All Hair and no Moose

http://www.wilytrax.com

If you had the opportunity to ask Sarah Palin one question that she was forced to answer, what would it be?

Leave your own question for Palin, or vote for other people’s questions.

http://www.OneQuestionForPalin.com

Seriously???

I don’t get you, backup. Sometimes you serve as a relatively reasonable dissenting voice, but most of the time you just make bizarre, absurd arguments, almost as if you just enjoy seeing your own words in a blog forum.

At least Biden and Obama HAVE a voting record. Something neither Palin nor McDepends have. Johnny Boy has been AWOL from the Senate more than Dubya was from the ANG during Vietnam.

But that is the kind of record you want for your leaders, right, b/u?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Biden oppose the military build up credited with ending the Cold War? And the first Gulf War (to free Kuwait from Saddam)? And then supported the War in Iraq? And then opposed the surge?

I see Palin’s relative lack of experience as a negative. And her ‘embellishments’ are cause for significant concern. But, although Biden has had significant experience (and seems like a very personable guy), is there any one here that is willing to admit that his voting record has been less than stellar?

The skank can’t hunt!

Aides say he keeps up to speed on the politics and policies of many nations — a passion he regularly displays to reporters traveling with him…

And yet, McCain was completely wrong about the invasion of Iraq, he doesn’t know the difference between Shia and Sunni, he doesn’t know that Spain is our NATO ally, and he thinks Spain is in South America.

What’s wrong with this picture?

Anyone not personally invested in a McCain presidency cannot support the farce of Palin; credit where credit is due, but that is it.

I’ll go way out on a limb and say that Sen. Obama has not personally lied about his credentials, foreign policy or otherwise. I can’t speak about Biden.

I can personally guarantee that both McSpin and his Chippy have personally lied about their credentials. And then lied abut the original lies.

I can’t speak for anyone else but I am led to believe that they are ashamed about their views and inadequacies so they lie. It’s very common but, when one takes it to an extreme such as McCain and Palin? It’s pathological.

And specifically on foreign policy? Both display a reckless, aggressive, vindictive, nature that has no place in rational foreign policy.

You still haven’t addressed the REAL issue here and that is Palin vs. Obama, as she would be the leader within a year of the elections, if the Repugs win. If that doesn’t scare you, you are a bigger NeoCon fool then I ever imagined.

But then, intelligence has never been a Repug requirement (See Dubya and McCain as prime examples.

Within a year, Ol’ Johnny Boy won’t remember how to flush the crapper.

Strictly speaking of experience, I suggest you can’t (or shouldn’t) have it both ways.

Don’t try to be condescending. You haven’t the wit.

It doesn’t matter why they lied, or what they lied about, the problem is that they lied. Lied, lied, lied, lied, lied. Virtually every public statement about her qualifications has been a lie and she’s not been asked unscripted questions.

So, the ONLY thing we know about her is that they LIED, and whatever we can find on YouTube, all of which supports the conclusion that THEY LIED!

And yes, experience matters if that experience leads to greater knowledge and wisdom. Sens. Obama and Biden display a lot of such experience while Ms. Palin and her running mate do not. And even the most casual, objective, examination of their respective bodies of work makes such a conclusion obvious.

Any time you use the Right-wing NeoCon NY Sun as a source, you are immediately discredited. Sorry, that’s just the way it is.

And, I have visited over 55 countries but that doesn’t make me a foreign policy expert.

Given the odds that McDepends will not make it through his first term, do you REALLY want Sarahcuda as your POTUS?

September 24th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
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Duh. It’s politics. It’s all subjective.

And experience is, I argue, far less important than competence. McCain’s experience visiting the Bahamas and Palau and Estonia may have given him plenty of experience, but it didn’t give him the competence to understand the difference between Sunni and Shi’a, or to formulate a policy more nuanced than “bomb bomb bomb Iran.”

Obama may not have as many stamps on his passport, but I trust him a hell of a lot more to know what’s actually going on in the world and how to deal with it.

And Palin is a brainless pig in lipstick. She has neither experience nor competence.

YOU’RE the only one who thinks it’s overblown, so ask yourself, mmkay?

DieforPeace. Well, these posts are from this thread:

raynman Says:
I think the entire foreign policy experience factor is overblown…

hussein toasterhead Says:
raynman Says:

I think the entire foreign policy experience factor is overblown…

September 24th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
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I couldn’t agree more…